Essex Property Trust, Inc.

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Essex Property Trust, Inc. on April 7, 2016. The breach, which occurred on March 17, 2016, was due to a phishing attack that resulted in the release of W-2 tax forms for the 2015 tax year, affecting employee names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and financial information. The number of individuals affected is unknown.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-60880

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/essex-property-trust

"id": "ess255072625",
"linkid": "essex-property-trust",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2015",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Real Estate',
                        'name': 'Essex Property Trust, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Phishing',
 'data_breach': {'file_types_exposed': ['W-2 tax forms'],
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['Employee names',
                                                         'Addresses',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Employee names',
                                              'Addresses',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'Financial information']},
 'date_detected': '2016-03-17',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-04-07',
 'description': 'A data breach involving Essex Property Trust, Inc. occurred '
                'on March 17, 2016, due to a phishing attack that resulted in '
                'the release of W-2 tax forms for the 2015 tax year, affecting '
                'employee names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and '
                'financial information.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Employee names',
                                 'Addresses',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'Financial information']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2016-04-07',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Essex Property Trust Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}